An auction at

21st May 2013

In support of

51: Fry's Delight

Fry’s Delight is the product of a collaboration between Stephen Fry and Graham Short. The pen and its quotation were provided by Stephen Fry and given to English PEN to celebrate the organisation’s 90th anniversary in 2011. The inscription, which took three months to engrave, is only readable under a powerful microscope.

Known as ‘the world’s smallest engraver’ for his miniature masterpieces, Graham Short has spent almost fifty years honing his craft. His desire to produce an engraving so small as to be illegible to the naked eye led to the making of his masterpiece The Lord’s Prayer Engraved on the Head of a Gold Pin, which can only be seen through a powerful microscope.